Pet Forum / Mammals / Guinea Pigs / December 2003

Anybody can point me to a web site with some good info on these
rodents..would be appreciatin' it.
Chuckie....email>>>poscomgovesq1@webtv.net

Hi Pigsters,
   It is I Hal107 a.k.a. Peter.  The Piggies are all well and happy.
Please don't mind me while I plant an e-mail address for those nefarious
ne'er-do-well spammers to harvest.

I contacted Shelley and finally got a response today.
The rescue was closed down in August.  :(
She said I should contact the Humane Society, as they've had a lot of
piggies dropped off lately.  So I will try them, thought I looked on the

Hi I am new to the group and to guinea pigs (got ours in August). I
just picked up a new little guy from my sisters as she was out of town
and our day to feed her animals. He was very small and thin and
hobbled around. Upon checking him out, his little front legs are bent

How old must newborn piggies be before you can determine their sex for sure??
must they be some weeks old or can one tell sooner??
Monica

The Calgary Guinea Pig Rescue site is still down; does anyone know if
they're still in operation?
I was thinking today that it might be good to get Princess a friend
sooner rather than later.  She's becoming more social now, and I think

Dear Group,
What are these lovely yellow-colored short haired pigs?  I've got two
pictures on my Guinea Pig calendar.
One is a butter-yellow, the other is almost daffodil-yellow.  Are they

A few of you will remember my infrequent posts about Pepper, our
pig-who-lived-under a hat.
He passed on yesterday, at the age of 5+1/2. We burried him in the garden
next to his brother, and in the mexican hat that he liked so much. ( He

We´ve got two 3 years old piggies, Jack and Mr.Brown. Some weeks ago, my
 kids brought home two (1 month old ) very playful,  piggies.Since
then,Jack stopped eating regularly and looked somewhat quieter .He
started to poo so wet,and almost often.Smells VERY bad.We have now given

Well, my baby pig is never going to like me.
She is so attached to her parents that she screams and
squeals when I pick her up.  Then I let her down, and
she runs straight to her mother and hides.

I have a newborn in the house and he's allergic so the wife says one of them
has to go.  Jingles is 3 years  old, clean, quiet, and friendly.  He's good
with children and my non-allergic 5 year old loves playing with him.  He
comes with his own cage, 1/2 bag of food, bag of hay, and ...

This is for the people out there who have a male un-neutered cavy,
and a female that they keep seprate.
Do you ever let them visit, and if you do, how so?
I have to let them visit, Arthur looks so sad sometimes

After hearing much discussion about endive I thought I would try some for my
herd. Went to the fruit market and bought what I thought was endive.. the
GPs loved it! Then when my husband went back the next day he came home with
endive that looked very different. I checked the receipt ...

Dear group,
I was snuggling with Daisy today and her right eye is totally white!  Oh
my god.
I think I may have seen some cloudiness yesterday but I thought it was

Today while holding my Patches I noticed a hard callous on the outside edge
of both her paws. Her bedding is wood shaving and none of my other piggies
have these sores. Wondering if they are painful for her or if I should clip
them or rub some vegetable oil or other substance on ...